A study of the diurnal variation in the thermosphere as derived by satellite drag |
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| Authors: | LG Jacchia IG Campbell JW Slowey |
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| Institution: | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | An analysis was performed on 29,574 densities derived from the drag of 10 satellites to determine simultaneously the parameters of the solar-activity effect in the thermosphere on the one hand, and the amplitude and shape of the diurnal-variation curve on the other. This paper reports on the study of the diurnal variation only.Although a considerable amount of smoothing is inherent in the drag method, it seemed useful to see whether we could detect any change in the shape of the diurnal-variation curve with height, latitude and solar activity. None was detected: the curve remains remarkably stable, symmetric, with a maximum at 14 hr 20 min L.S.T. and a minimum at 2 hr 20 min L.S.T. A systematic variation of the temperature range with height is observed when static models are used to derive it. |
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